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Kaiwera

Kaiwera

Town in Southland, New Zealand

Kaiwera is a rural settlement and community in Southland, New Zealand.

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It includes Nithdale Station, a beef, dairy, sheep and forestry farm,[1] with a Romney and Suffolk Stud.[2] It accommodates visitors with a self-contained homestead and farm tours.[3]

Kaiwera Downs Wind Farm is located south-west of Kaiwera.

Kaiwera is part of the wider Waimumu-Kaiwera statistical area.[4]

History

Kaiwera School opened about 1879.[5]

By 1907, the local community was holding an annual picnic and sports day at the settlement.[6]

In 1924, Charles Tripp (a grandson of the runholder Charles Tripp) took over the Nithdale Station farm.[7] He converted the rundown 1,478 hectare property, dominated by gorse and rabbits, into a productive farm, which he worked until his death in 1991.[8] Andrew and Heather Tripp has farmed the property since then.[1]

In 2015, a person was killed in a farm accident in Kaiwera.[9]

Education

Kaiwera School operated 1879 and 2009.[5][10] An 1888 inspector's report found the school's performance was "very creditable in the face of the very poor attendance made by many of the pupils".[11] The school's board of trustees said it was unable to attract enough families to remain open in 2009, and the eight remaining students relocated to Gore Main School and St Mary's School.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Nithdale Station". ruraldelivery.net.nz. Rural Delivery.
  2. [2]
    "Nirthdale Farmstay". nithdalefarmstay.co.nz. Nirthdale Farmstay.
  3. [3]
    "Nirthdale Farmstay". southlandnz.com. Southland District Council.
  4. [4]
    2018 Census place summary: Waimumu-Kaiwera
  5. [5]
    "Sad day as rural school closes doors". Southland Times. 31 January 2009.
  6. [6]
    "Kaiwera Picnic". Mataura Ensign. 22 January 1907. p. 4 – via Papers Past.
  7. [7]
    Tripp, Dick (2018). The Hero from Nithdale Station: The remarkable true-life story of Major Charles W.H. Tripp – 'The Boss. Wild Side Publishing. ISBN 9780473462291.
  8. [8]
    Eggleston, Sandy (22 February 2019). "'The boss' remembered". Allied Press. The Engisng.
  9. [9]
    "Name Released – Fatal Farm Accident Kaiwera Southland – 05/07/2015". New Zealand Police. 7 July 2015.
  10. [10]
    "Kaiwera School (3970) Closure Notice". gazette.govt.nz.
  11. [11]
    "The Kaiwera School". Mataura Ensign. 10 (756): 6.
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